Payroll Funding Officer

City of New York • New York, NY

5d • $70,000 - $80,000 • Onsite

About The Position

The NYC Financial Information Services Agency-Office of Payroll Administration (FISA-OPA) seeks to hire a Payroll Funding Officer for the Payroll Funding, Certification and ACH Unit. The selected candidate will perform various tasks related to payroll funding, including preparing funding forms, calculating Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT) amounts, confirming payroll files, making daily bank deposits, and assisting with financial adjustments. The role also involves responding to direct deposit inquiries and performing other assigned payroll funding tasks.

Requirements

• A Masters degree from an accredited college in Library Science, Archival Science, American History, Political Science, or a related area; or
• A baccalaureate degree form an accredited college and one year full-time professional experience in archival, records management or library work; or
• Education and/or experience equivalent to "1" or "2" above. However, all candidates must have the baccalaureate degree from an accredited college.

Nice To Haves

• Excellent verbal and written communications skills
• Experience with Pi, PMS, RMDS (Report Management and Distribution System) and CHRMS (City Human Resource Management System)
• Excellent mathematical skills or proficiency in Excel

Responsibilities

• Fund all City agencies’ payrolls by preparing Schedule of Funding Forms using various Report Management and Distribution System (RMDS) reports and submitting Payment Request – Balance Sheet (PRB1) and Payment Hold Maintenance (PHM) documents in the Financial Management System (FMS);
• Calculate Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT) escrow amounts for all payroll cycles and prepare schedules of payroll funding for EFT escrows, EFT Net Pay and negative escrows;
• Confirm net pay and escrow deductions ACH credit files for the Payroll Management System (PMS) active payrolls and Pension Payroll Management System (PPMS) pension payrolls and release these files via Infodex telephone system;
• Make daily bank deposits into multiple City bank accounts using Image Direct Deposit (IDD) devices, scan and distribute deposits to all relevant parties via email;
• Assist with check refund cancellations, direct deposit reversals and negative one-time deductions for direct deposit credit returns;
• Respond to direct deposit inquiries via phone or email
• Perform miscellaneous tasks of a payroll funding nature as assigned by the Supervisor and/or Directors.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level